System and method for recording and monitoring directives for vehicles such as airplanes
First Claim
1. A method of providing a situational awareness of a status of a predetermined area with respect to a plurality of vehicles each of which is positioned within, or is expected to be positioned within, the predetermined area, the method comprising recording respective directives associated with expected movements of the vehicles using multi-touch interaction with a display device, the expected movements resulting in expected changes in the position of each of the vehicles, wherein recording respective directives associated with the expected movements of the vehicles using multi-touch interaction with the display device comprises touching the display device at a first location, touching the display device at a second location, and automatically displaying an icon on the display device in response to touching the display device at the second location, the icon representing one of the vehicles, the automatic display of the icon on the display device representing an expected position of the one of the vehicles after it has moved in accordance with the corresponding directive.
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Abstract
A system and method for recording and monitoring directives for vehicles, such as airplanes, according to which directives for the airplanes are recorded and monitored to thereby provide a situational awareness of, for example, a predetermined area of an airport with respect to the airplanes and the movement thereof into, within and/or out of the predetermined area of the airport.
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- 1. A method of providing a situational awareness of a status of a predetermined area with respect to a plurality of vehicles each of which is positioned within, or is expected to be positioned within, the predetermined area, the method comprising recording respective directives associated with expected movements of the vehicles using multi-touch interaction with a display device, the expected movements resulting in expected changes in the position of each of the vehicles, wherein recording respective directives associated with the expected movements of the vehicles using multi-touch interaction with the display device comprises touching the display device at a first location, touching the display device at a second location, and automatically displaying an icon on the display device in response to touching the display device at the second location, the icon representing one of the vehicles, the automatic display of the icon on the display device representing an expected position of the one of the vehicles after it has moved in accordance with the corresponding directive.
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7. A method of providing a situational awareness of a predetermined area, the method comprising:
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receiving data associated with inbound and outbound travel legs from one or more data sources, each of the inbound and outbound travel legs using a vehicle that is positioned within, or is expected to be positioned within, the predetermined area; automatically displaying a plurality of first icons and/or indicators on a touch-enabled display device in response to receiving data associated with the inbound and outbound travel legs, the first icon and/or indicators being associated with respective ones of the inbound or outbound travel legs; and recording a directive for one of the inbound and outbound travel legs, comprising; touching the display device at a first location at which one of the first icons and/or indicators is displayed, the one of the first icons and/or indicators being associated with the one of the inbound and outbound travel legs; touching the display device at a second location; and automatically displaying a second icon and/or indicator on the display device in response to touching the display device at the second location, the second icon and/or indicator being displayed on the display device at a location thereon that represents an expected position, within the predetermined area, of the vehicle being used by the one of the inbound and outbound travel legs after the vehicle has moved in accordance with the directive, thereby recording the directive. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising a plurality of instructions stored therein, the plurality of instructions comprising:
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instructions for receiving data associated with inbound and outbound travel legs from one or more data sources, each of the inbound and outbound travel legs using a vehicle that is positioned within, or is expected to be positioned within, the predetermined area; instructions for automatically displaying a plurality of first icons and/or indicators on a touch-enabled display device in response to receiving data associated with the inbound and outbound travel legs, the first icon and/or indicators being associated with respective ones of the inbound or outbound travel legs; and instructions for recording a directive for one of the inbound and outbound travel legs in response to multi-touch interaction with the display device at; a first location on the display device at which one of the first icons and/or indicators is displayed, the one of the first icons and/or indicators being associated with the one of the inbound and outbound travel legs; and a second location on the display device; wherein instructions for recording the directive for the one of the inbound and outbound travel legs comprise instructions for automatically displaying a second icon and/or indicator on the display device, the second icon and/or indicator being displayed on the display device at a location thereon that represents an expected position, within the predetermined area, of the vehicle being used by the one of the inbound and outbound travel legs after the vehicle has moved in accordance with the directive, thereby recording the directive. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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